davefoggy

Millions of people are not going to die. Stop watching the news

Would it?? where's the evidence?

Pure hype & speculation.

Evidence?

Thank you, thank you. At last, someone with some sense has spoken. Let's see what the response is to that

There isn't a country on this planet that will see 500k deaths. or 250k. Lets just stay at home forever shall we? Too risky to leave our own front door?

when did I say people dying didn't matter?? I'm asking you to check the figures, the official figures on the ONS. https://www.ons.gov.uk Makes for interesting reading. You will realise that looking over time, this years death figures won't be the massive spike that you imagine. In fact, there have been worse years on record. Go check for yourself. How do you know that 'back to normal would see tens of thousands of deaths' how do you know? Because they told you on the News?? Or because of what Prof Neil Ferguson said? (who has never got one single prediction correct in his whole career) The overwhelming vast majority that get tested positive for covid-19 have mild symptoms, some get sick and get better. Sadly some pass away, which is obviously devastating for families. But again, check the stats, over 95% of those who pass away with cover-19 mentioned on their death certificate, are elderly with an average of 3 underlying health conditions. I'm not making this up, and I'm not looking for an argument with you.

why don't you compare the figures. look at total deaths in England & Wales Jan-Apr 2019 compared to 2020, the difference is just over 10,000. Compare to 2015 and the difference is 7000. Over a 5 or 10 year average graph, 2020 will hardly register a blip. We need to get back to normal and stop being so scared

and what research have you been doing? Watching the news doesn't count

The devastating effect that this recession will have will be far worse then corona virus and last a lot longer

Why don't you ask some British cattle farmers what they think of expert Prof Neil Ferguson? He single handedly ruined many farming lives, by ordering the slaughter of over 6 million perfectly healthy cattle during the foot & mouth outbreak, only to admit a few years later that he was wrong and it was an 'over reaction' Look at his track record. None of his outrageous predictions have come close to being accurate. And yes, I agree he's not a decision maker, more fool the government for taking his advice without also taking the advice of an economist to look at what effect this lockdown would have. And for the record, I don't give a toss who he's ****ging, good luck to the man

who's laughing? not me that's for sure. And I haven't been sat on my arse actually

well it would be appear we are in a similar situation then. Was it really worth wrecking the economy? My own personal opinion is that is has been an over reaction, and more and more people are starting to say the same thing

I'm assuming from your comment that financial devastation won't affect you then?

Do you honestly believe that 500,000 people are going to die? Really?

The fraud that is Prof Neil Ferguson, has had to resign after ignoring his own advice on staying home, you couldn't make this up. We should all throw open our doors now and get the f*ck back to normal. Not a new normal, just NORMAL. If this goes on any longer there will be no jobs left for any of us. Mark my words, mass unemployment, and mass house repossessions are on the horizon as a direct result of this house arrest.

Why don't you open your mind and actually listen to what he is saying. Stop watching the daily news bulletins and start doing your own reasearch on whats going on. You might be suprised at what you learn

This takes some beating to be honest. I was late teens/early 20's, when football was the most important thing in my life at that time. The atmosphere at The Dell, the highs when we won, and Matty scoring those goals...........priceless. God I miss that place and those days

It's the same story at both Salisbury & Bournemouth hospitals. I have spoken to people that work there and they say it's never been so quiet. Meanwhile, cancer patients for example, are missing out on vital treatment, in some cases life saving treatment. Elderly people are dying in care homes because they are not getting the treatment they need, nothing to do with the virus. And yet they are recored as covid-19 deaths whether they have been tested or not!! Everyday this ridiculous lockdown continues, will mean more and more lives lost that could be saved. And each day more and more billions are being lost in the business world, it's complete insanity. And all people are talking about is installing a phone app so the government can track what you are up to. What is really going on here?

I'm expecting season ticket prices to be slashed for next season (whenever that might be) Combination of loss of earnings/redundancies and people too scared to be within 3ft of one another

Thank God, someone speaking sense at last. I'm fed up with all the scaremongering

so what about Winter 2014/15, when the death rate was 35% higher than the 5 year average? No mention in media. The first part of January 2015 (5-11 Jan) saw weekly deaths at 15,000. Way more than the 2,000 weekly deaths we are currently seeing. Again, no mention in media. Start asking questions people, don't believe the hype, and get this country back open for business before it's too late.

Well, with British Airways making 12,000 redundancies and John Lewis talking of permanent store closures, and many hundreds of smaller businesses set to make employees redundant, they might as well play behind closed doors from now on as no one will be able to afford to go anymore, me included. I just hope this crashing of our economy doesn't turn out to be a complete over reaction as it'll be too late to recover by then. Last April (2019) over 44,000 people died in England and Wales, by the way, and no mention of it in the media anywhere

Inredible! Can you imagine todays players slumming it with the fans on the way back from a game? Thanks for sharing

I always thought Franny thrived with the captains armband, went up several gears.